It's that coveted day of the year -- when boys and girls become men and women, chefs become better chefs, and all of the media will immediately start debating who deserved a James Beard nomination and who didn't. Get excited!

Mom is finally selling houses! Problem is she isn’t licensed. No big whoop for her, the test will be a breeze! Except she freaks when she meets Kim, a mega realtor who’s sold 358 houses and is getting recertified. She walks out of the test, assuaging her failure with a Chipwitch. Mmmm…now that’s something I can get behind: Chipwitch and a mostly Mom-centric episode.

How to easily blow one’s cover when working on a secret project that you know the world will inevitably freak out about: have your friends post something on Instagram. (Because nothing on Instagram is sacred, really.)

There’s one good way to get really good publicity before a restaurant even opens: not give any sort of details whatsoever about what the restaurant will actually be. But hey, when you’re Anthony Bourdain, you can do whatever you want.

Just when we thought we would never crack open an Us Weekly again (who are we kidding, we’re about to fly for the holidays and we need all the trash magazines and candy to get us through just the G-D airport), we find the random “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me” written by our dude, Anthony Bourdain!